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Sports Cabinet secretary Rashid Echesa was quoted on Thursday saying that the ministry will clear outstanding allowances for AFC Leopards players. While it is good to bail out long-suffering players, if the minister fulfills his promise, he would have set a bad precedence. Firstly, the problem at AFC Leopards is not lack of money, but lack of leadership. The club has a shirt sponsor and with good leadership, they should mobilise more money to run their activities.
Instead, top club leadership have abdicated their responsibilities and Mr Echesa is not making things better by coming to their rescue. Secondly, If Leopards are bailed out, every club in the SportPesa Premier League would be justified and have a reason to run to the ministry for a bail out as well.
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